The Sports Car Challenge at Mid-Ohio is a sports car race held annually at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course. The race began in 1963 as a part of the United States Road Racing Championship. It was part of the IMSA GT Championship from 1972 until 1993, and the American Le Mans Series from 2001 to 2002 and again from 2004 to 2012. From 2007 until 2012 the race took place on the same weekend as the IndyCar Series' Honda 200 and the event was sponsored by Acura from 2007 until 2009 and again in 2018. It was announced in July 2017 that the race would return on May 4-6 2018 as part of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship.

Results Year Drivers Team Car Duration/Distance Race title Report United States Road Racing Championship 1963 Ken Miles Temple Buell Shelby Cobra USRRC Mid-Ohio report 1964 Hap Sharp Chaparral Cars Chaparral 2A-Chevrolet USRRC Mid-Ohio report 1965 Hap Sharp Chaparral Cars Chaparral 2A-Chevrolet USRRC Mid-Ohio report 1966 Lothar Motschenbacher Dan Blocker Racing McLaren M1B-Oldsmobile Buckeye Cup report 1967 Mark Donohue Roger Penske Lola T70 Mk3B-Chevrolet Lexington 200 report 1968 Mark Donohue Roger Penske McLaren M6A-Chevrolet USRRC Mid-Ohio report1969—1971 Not held IMSA GT Championship 1972 Bob Beasley Michael Keyser Toad Hall Motor Racing Porsche 911 S 6 hours Camel 6 Hour report 1973 Bob Beasley Michael Keyser Toad Hall Motor Racing Porsche 911 Carrera RSR 6 hours Mid-Ohio 6 Hours report 1974 Al Holbert Peter Gregg Holbert's Porsche/Audi Porsche 911 Carrera RSR 5 Hours Mid-Ohio Twin 6s report 1975 (June) Al Holbert Holbert Racing Porsche 911 Carrera RSR Mid-Ohio 100 report 1975 (August) Al Holbert Elliot Forbes-Robinson Holbert Racing Porsche 911 Carrera RSR 6 Hours Mid-Ohio 6 Hours report 1976 (June) Michael Keyser Chevrolet Monza Twin's 200 report 1976 (August) Jim Busby Busby Racing Porsche Carrera 3 Hours Mid-Ohio 6 Hours report 1977 (June) David Hobbs McLaren North America BMW 320i Turbo Twin's 200 report 1977 (August) Peter Gregg Brumos Porsche Porsche 935 3 Hours Mid-Ohio Twin 3 Hours report 1978 Bill Whittington Jim Busby Whittington Brothers Racing Porsche 935/77A Camel GT 250 report 1979 Peter Gregg Hurley Haywood Peter Gregg Racing Porsche 935/79 Camel GT 250 report 1980 Not held 1981 Brian Redman Kent-Cooke/Wood Racing Lola T600-Chevrolet Red Roof Inns GT 200 report 1982 (May) John Fitzpatrick John Fitzpatrick Racing Porsche 935 K4 Red Roof Inns Camel GT Sprints report 1982 (Sept) John Fitzpatrick David Hobbs John Fitzpatrick Racing Porsche 935 K4 6 hours Lumbermens 6 Hour Camel GT report 1983 Jim Trueman Doc Bundy Bobby Rahal Holbert Racing March 83G-Chevrolet 6 hours Lumbermens 6 Hours report 1984 Al Holbert Derek Bell Holbert Racing Porsche 962 Lumbermens 500k report 1985 Al Holbert Derek Bell Holbert Racing Porsche 962 Lumbermens 500k report 1986 Al Holbert Derek Bell Holbert Racing Porsche 962 IMSA Camel Grand Prix report 1987 Jochen Mass Bobby Rahal Bayside Disposal Racing Porsche 962 Champion Spark Plug Grand Prix report 1988 Geoff Brabham Tom Gloy Electramotive Engineering Nissan GTP ZX-T Nissan Grand Prix of Ohio report 1989 Geoff Brabham Chip Robinson Electramotive Engineering Nissan GTP ZX-T Nissan Grand Prix of Ohio report 1990 Geoff Brabham Derek Daly Nissan Performance Nissan NPT-90 Nissan Grand Prix of Ohio report 1991 Davy Jones Bud Light/Jaguar Racing Jaguar XJR-16 Nissan Grand Prix of Ohio report 1992 Davy Jones Bud Light/Jaguar Racing Jaguar XJR-14 2 hours Nissan Grand Prix of Ohio report 1993 Juan Manuel Fangio II All American Racers Eagle Mk III-Toyota 2 hours Nissan Grand Prix of Ohio report1994–1997 Not held United States Road Racing Championship 1998 Dorsey Schroeder Elliott Forbes-Robinson Dyson Racing Riley & Scott Mk III 2 Hours, 30 Minutes U.S. Road Racing Classic report 1999 James Weaver Andy Wallace Dyson Racing Riley & Scott Mk III 2 Hours, 15 Minutes U.S. Road Racing Classic report 2000 Not held American Le Mans Series 2001 David Brabham Jan Magnussen Panoz Motor Sports Panoz LMP-1 Roadster-S 2 Hours, 45 Minutes Grand Prix of Mid-Ohio report 2002 Frank Biela Emanuele Pirro Audi Sport North America Audi R8 2 Hours, 45 Minutes American Le Mans at Mid-Ohio report 2003 Not held 2004 Marco Werner JJ Lehto ADT Champion Racing Audi R8 2 Hours, 45 Minutes American Le Mans at Mid-Ohio report 2005 Butch Leitzinger James Weaver Dyson Racing Lola EX257-AER 2 Hours, 45 Minutes American Le Mans at Mid-Ohio report 2006 Timo Bernhard Romain Dumas Penske Racing Porsche RS Spyder 2 Hours, 45 Minutes American Le Mans at Mid-Ohio report 2007 Timo Bernhard Romain Dumas Penske Racing Porsche RS Spyder Evo 2 Hours, 45 Minutes Acura Sports Car Challenge of Mid-Ohio report 2008 Marco Werner Lucas Luhr Audi Sport North America Audi R10 TDI 2 Hours, 45 Minutes Acura Sports Car Challenge of Mid-Ohio report 2009 Gil de Ferran Simon Pagenaud de Ferran Motorsports Acura ARX-02a 2 Hours, 45 Minutes Acura Sports Car Challenge of Mid-Ohio report 2010 Chris Dyson Guy Smith Dyson Racing Team Lola B09/86 2 Hours, 45 Minutes Mid-Ohio Sports Car Challenge report 2011 Lucas Luhr Klaus Graf Muscle Milk Aston Martin Racing Lola-Aston Martin B08/62 2 Hours, 45 Minutes Mid-Ohio Sports Car Challenge report 2012 Klaus Graf Lucas Luhr Muscle Milk Pickett Racing HPD ARX-03a 2 Hours, 45 Minutes Mid-Ohio Sports Car Challenge report2013 Not held IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship2014–2017 Not held 2018 Hélio Castroneves Ricky Taylor Acura Team Penske Acura ARX-05 2 Hours, 40 Minutes Acura Sports Car Challenge at Mid-Ohio report 2019 Dane Cameron Juan Pablo Montoya Acura Team Penske Acura ARX-05 2 Hours, 40 Minutes Acura Sports Car Challenge at Mid-Ohio report 2020 Hélio Castroneves Ricky Taylor Acura Team Penske Acura ARX-05 2 Hours, 40 Minutes Acura Sports Car Challenge at Mid-Ohio report 2021 Filipe Albuquerque Ricky Taylor Konica Minolta Acura Acura ARX-05 2 Hours, 40 Minutes Acura Sports Car Challenge at Mid-Ohio presented by the TLX Type S report 2022 Filipe Albuquerque Ricky Taylor Konica Minolta Acura Acura ARX-05 2 Hours, 40 Minutes Lexus Grand Prix at Mid-Ohio report

References

External links United SportsCar Championship official site Ultimate Racing History: Mid-Ohio archive Racing Sports Cars: Mid-Ohio archive World Sports Racing Prototypes: IMSA archive